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Psychological Science and Education
2018. Vol. 23, no. 6, 75–84
https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2018230607
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)

Age Specifics of Preschoolers’ Role Play in Open Object Environment

 
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Abstract

This paper is devoted to the research of preschoolers' free play in an open object environment.The results of observations showed different dynamics of play activity in different age groups (3, 4, 5 and 6 years).In the two younger groups, role renaming was observed in a third of the sample, and in the majority of children it was accompanied by certain changes in the appearance and by fragmentary play actions.Beyond 5 years the frequency of renaming increased — two-thirds of children called themselves a role name and almost all played roles.Many children created complex plots with a lot of branching.In the oldest group there was a significant decline in renaming and changing of the appearance (less than half of the children) as compared to the 5-year-olds, and almost complete absence of role play actions.This paper lists the roles that modern preschoolers reproduce in their play.The study shows that the role does not precede the play, but is born in the process of various actions, including exploratory and trialing actions, with objects.The importance of exploratory, manipulative activity for the emergence and development of the role is underlined.An open object environment promotes the development of such activity.

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Keywords: free play, role play, preschoolers, multifunctional materials, open environment

Journal rubric: Educational Psychology

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OpenAlex trends: Psychology of Development and Education, Child Development and Digital Technology, Child Therapy and Development

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2018230607

Funding. This work was supported by grant RFBR № 18-013-01226.

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For citation: Ryabkova, I.A., Smirnova, E.O., Sheina, E.G. (2018). Age Specifics of Preschoolers’ Role Play in Open Object Environment. Psychological Science and Education, 23(6), 75–84. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2018230607

© Ryabkova I.A., Smirnova E.O., Sheina E.G., 2018

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Irina A. Ryabkova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Chair of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology at the Faculty of Educational Psychology, Moscow State University of psychology and education, Senior Researcher, Laboratory «The Center for Socio-Cultural Problems of Modern Education», Federal Scientific Centre for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-0432, e-mail: ibaladinskaya@gmail.com

Elena O. Smirnova, Doctor of Psychology, Рrofessor of the Department of Preschool Pedagogics and Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology of Education, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation

Elena G. Sheina, lecturer at the Department of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Psychology of Education, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3723-812X, e-mail: leshgp@gmail.com

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